Hawai‘i’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady for a second straight month at 2.7 percent in June, according to information provided by the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. June represented the fourth consecutive month the unemployment rate was
Hawai‘i’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady for a second straight month at 2.7 percent in June, according to information provided by the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
June represented the fourth consecutive month the unemployment rate was below three percent. Nationally, the rate is 5 percent.
James Hardway said no seasonal adjusted unemployment rates were kept by counties. He said the seasonal adjustment model took into effect things like teachers and other employees who might enter and exit the labor market at varied intervals.
“There is always going to be a flux,” he said.
The non-seasonally adjusted employment rates showed a slight increase statewide. In May the state’s non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.4 percent, the same as Kaua‘i’s.
Statewide, the non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was 3.3 percent while Kaua‘i was at 3.2 percent, according to DLIR researchers, this increase can be attributed to schools, colleges and other educational facilities being closed for part of the summer months.
Statewide, the number of employed people as of June was 613,250, up three percent from a year ago.
